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__Topic14__: __The Big Race__ (Lesson 14) What clues help you figure out why events happen? To make conclusions.

__ Common Core Standards __ RL.1.2 Retell stories, include key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson RL.1.3 Describe characters, setting, and major events in the story, using key details RI.1.5 Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in the text RF.1.3c Know final -e and common value team conventions for representing long vowel sounds L.1.1a Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present and future W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure 1.3.1 Different events, people, problems and ideas make up my community's history.

__ Suggested Student Objectives __ SW retell story putting events in correct sequential order SW tell about the character lesson learned SW choose correct verb tense (past and present) SW write a report about an animal with a topic sentence, supporting details and closing sentence SW blend words following that follow the medial long /a/ CVCe pattern.

__ Suggested Additional Readings: __ __Hound and Hare__ ( Rotraut, Susanne Berner) __Sports! Sports! Sports! :A Poetry Collection__ (selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins) __A Winning Goal__ (by Laurie Calkhoven) __Ice__ (Arthur Geisert)

__ Resource Links: __
 * [] (Reading Rainbow: Sports Pages)

__ Activities __ Using magnetic letters, teacher will dictate words that follow the medial long /a/ CVCe pattern. Students will form that word with letters. Score writing based upon a topic sentence, supporting details and a closing sentence that correctly relate the to the chosen animal.

__ Assessments __ Spelling and Journey's Lesson 14 Weekly assessments. Score writing based upon a topic sentence, supporting details and a closing sentence that correctly relate the to the chosen animal.

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